On your own without a net
Subtitle: the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations
By: edited by D. Wayne Osgood ... [et al.]
Contributors: Osgood, D. Wayne
Series: The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and development, Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood; John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and development
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: Young adults -- United States; Youth with social disabilities -- United States
Description: "On Your Own Without a Net documents the special challenges facing seven vulnerable populations during the transition to adulthood: foster care youth, youth involved in the juvenile justice system, youth formerly in the criminal justice system, runaway and homeless youth, special education students, young people in the mental health system, and youth with physical disabilities. During adolescence, government programs have been a major part of their lives, yet eligibility for most programs typically ends between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. This critical volume shows the unfortunate repercussions of this termination of support and points out the issues that must be addressed to improve these young people's chances of becoming successful adults. As a result, On Your Own Without a Net will find a welcome home on the desks of policy makers, educators of teens and young adults, and academics across the social sciences."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why focus on the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations? / D. Wayne Osgood ... [et al.]; title: The transition to adulthood for youth "aging out" of the foster care system / Mark E. Courtney and Darcy Hughes Heuring; title: The transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system : a developmental perspective / He Len Chung, Michelle Little, and Laurence Steinberg; title: Policy and program perspectives on the transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system / David M. Altschuler; title: Young adults reentering the community from the criminal justice system : the challenge of becoming an adult / Christopher Uggen and Sara Wakefield; title: Prisoner reentry and the pathways to adulthood : policy perspectives / Jeremy Travis and Christy A. Visher; title: Homeless youth and the perilous passage to adulthood / John Hagan and Bill McCarthy; title: Transition for young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a time of challenge and change / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner; title: Transition experiences of young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a matter of policy / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner; title: Risks along the road to adulthood : challenges faced by youth with serious mental disorders / J. Heidi Gralinski-Bakker ... [et al.]; title: Coping with mental health problems in young adulthood : diversity of need and uniformity of programs / Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., and Gary B. Melton; title: Adolescents with disabilities in transition to adulthood / Robert Wm. Blum; title: Youth with special health care needs and disabilities in transition to adulthood / Patience Haydock White and Leslie Gallay; title: The transition to adulthood for vulnerable youth and families : common themes and future directions / E. Michael Foster ... [et al.]